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The Church Fathers · c. 235
Exhortation to Martyrdom
Origen of Alexandria · c. 185–c. 253
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What it is
Written for two friends imprisoned under Maximinus, urging them not to bargain, and drawing on the Maccabean martyrs for a theology of witness unto death.
Why it lasted
Origen's most personal work — his own father had been martyred, and he would himself die of injuries from torture.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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